 | The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported a 4.3% drop in August visitors last week due to a 22.3% decrease in convention attendance in comparison to 2007.
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Despite an overall third-quarter operating income that is $30 million less than a year ago, Wynn Resorts expects to report a 3.1% increase during the third quarter at its Macau casino.
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If the Hawthorne Race Course succeeds in its bid for a 10th casino license in Illinois, the NFL Hall of Famer plans to open a restaurant and hotel inside the Champions Casino & Resort.
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The booster group will spend $186,500 to promote Las Vegas as a destination at a trade show in London. The Nov. 10-13 event is expected to attract about 48,000 travel professionals from 197 countries.
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Finance Minister Brian Cowen told legislators last week that the government plans to double the country's tax on betting, raising it from 1% to 2%.
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The opening of a $2.4-billion casino and hotel project has been delayed by three months due to the global economic downturn.
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Hurricane Gustav didn't do a lot of damage to the Biloxi casinos when it flooded parts of the Coast over the Labor Day weekend, but the storm hit September casino revenue like a Category 3.
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